Knockdown clothes rack and umbrella stand



Ox L MARTIN. KNOCKDOWN CLOTHES RACK AND UMBRELLA STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- l7,1922.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

Fatented Nov, 2%, 1222.

instant its;

OSCAR J. MARTIN, F GRAHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO T. C. MOON, 0F

GRAHAM, NORTH CAROLINA;

KNOCKDOW'N CLOTHES BACK AND UMBRELLA STAND.

Application filed. January 1'7, 1922. Serial No. 529,851.

To all whomc't may concern: i

Be it known that I, OSCAR. J. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Graham, in the county of Alamance, State of 5 North Carolina, have invented 'a'newand useful Knockdown Clothesrack and Umbrella Stand; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a knockdown clothes rack and umbrella stand, said rack and umbrella stand comprising horizontally disposed triangular shaped members, said members having detachably connected to the corners thereof supporting braces, the lower ends of which form legs, each of said triangular members being formed from a single piece of-material bent to a triangular shape and having their ends connected by the axially disposed portions of a T-shaped bolt,

the portion of said bolt extending through one of the supporting legs and provided with a nut for securing the leg on the bolt.

A further object is to provide chain con nections between the supporting legs above the lower triangular shaped member, said chain connections in combination with a drain pan carried by the lower triangular shaped member forming an umbrella rack.

A further object is to provide detachable hooks carried by the bolts, said hooks forming means on which articles of clothing may be hung. Also to provide the upper end of the rack with'a pivoted detachable mirror.

With the above andother objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set 40 forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made withinthe scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the in vention.

In the drawings I Figure 1 is a side elevation of the clothes rack.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the rack taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the rack taken on line 33 of Fig ure 1; I

Referring to the numeral 1 designates spaced supporting legs for the rack, which legs are secured to the corners 2 of rectangular shapedhorizontally disposed triangular shaped frames 3 by means of bolts 4, which extend through the legs 1 and are-provided with butterfly nuts 5, by means of which nuts the legs 1 may be forced into close engagement with the corners of the triangular shaped frames 8. The butterfly nuts- 5 also secure to the legs 2 brackets 6 on which various articles of clothing may be hung. The frames 3 are formed from a single piece of material and have disposed between their ends 7 wedge shaped blocks 8, through which bolts and the ends 7 securing bolts 9 pass, which bolts secure the blocks 8 in place. The blocks 8 carry the bolts a which pass through the adjacent supporting leg 1 and receive the butterfly nut 5. It will be seen that by simply removing the thumb nuts 5 that the device may be easily and quickly disassembled for shipping purposes and it will only be necessary for the thumb nuts 5 to be replaced after the legs 1 have been placed in position for again assembling the rack. The lower triangular frame 2 is provided with a drainage pan 10, which drainage pan in combination with chains 11 form an umbrella stand for umbrellas 12, therefore it will be seen that the clothes rack may also be used as an umbrella stand. The upper triangular shaped frame 2 is provided with an upwardly extending bracket 13, to which is pivotally connected as at 1 1 a frame 15. The frame 15 has pivoted between the arm 16 thereof a mirror 17 which mirror may be tilted to any desired angle, thereby not only forming means whereby apparel may be arranged by the user, but also for nishing a finish to the device.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1-. A clothes rack comprising upwardly and inwardly extending members, triangular shaped horizontally disposed braces disposed between said members, means for detachably connecting the upwardly and inwardly extending members to the corners of the triangular shaped braces, said means comprising outwardly extending bolts having thumb nuts thereon, garment receiving brackets detachably carried on the outwardly extending bolts and held by the thumb nuts, said triangular shaped brackets being formed from a single piece of material having their ends terminating at one of the corners of the bracket and spaced apart, a wedge shaped member secured between said ends, the adjacent outnmrdly extending bolt being carried by the wedge shaped block.

2. Tie combination with a clothes rack comprising spaced upwardly extending members of a brace for holding said memhers in spaeedrelation said brace compris ing a horizontally disposed triangular shaped frame, bolts extending outwardly from the corners of said frame and passing through the upwardlyextending members I thumb nuts on the outer ends of said bolts,

a member interposed between adjacent ends of the frame and forming one corner of the frame, a bolt extending transversely through the adjacent ends of the frame and through the member interposed therebetween, the adjacent bolts extending outwardly from the corner of the frame being carried by the member interposed between the adjacent ends of the frame and provided with a wedge shaped enlargement disposed between and in engagement with the inner faces of the adjacent ends of the frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR J. MARTIN.

\Vitnesses:

D. J. WALKER, ANNIE WATSON Moons. 

